CHEAT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of cheat in English
cheat at He cheats at cards .
cheat on She found out that he'd been cheating on her. I've been cheated on before, and it's awful .
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(Definition of cheat from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of cheat
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In that example, the runner strictly prefers realizing some culmination outcome (winning) in certain ways (by competing fairly) rather than others (by cheating).
A perception that the physician has somehow cheated on that expected reciprocation is prone to evoke a most strident form of aggression.
In cases involving male business partnerships the various ways by which one might end up calling the other a ' cheat ' hardly need spelling out.
For example, 80% of subjects tested reported stronger anger when cheated by a long-term partner than by a stranger.
Anti-aging entrepreneurs peddle therapies that promise to cheat the clock.
In this case only the cheated party needs to know the identity of the cheater to prevent future trade.
A symbolic way of cheating our inevitable common-fate, if you like.
During a meeting of the village committee a decision can be taken on how to punish the cheat .
Nor does his performance provide any way of computing the exact probability that he is cheating.
Winners might cheat , they might be consistently lucky, or they might try harder.
It caused particular fury when a minister excluded any whose communion offerings he had taken : people felt they had been cheated.
A poor man, without resources or power, for his part, can only have recourse to zey-yan, that is to theft, cheating and shameful sneaking around.
If cheating becomes institutionalized as a strategy, then it destroys the possibility of anything else but a low quality outcome.
He knows that people who refrain from cheating in these circumstances will develop good reputations and do better in the long run.
I do not have to fear that they will steal anything from the factory or cheat me.
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Translations of cheat
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欺騙，行騙, 作弊, 騙子…
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欺骗，行骗, 作弊, 骗子…
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hacer trampas, tramposo, tramposa…
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enganar, trapacear, surrupiar…
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だます, いかさまをする, （試験で）カンニングをする…
hile yapmak, aldatmak, kandırmak…
frauder, tricher, tricheur/-euse…
fer trampes, trampós, -osa…
bedrog plegen, bedriegen, bedrieger…
நீங்கள் விரும்புவதைப் பெறுவதற்காக நேர்மையற்ற முறையில் நடந்து கொள்ளுதல்…
धोखा देना, ठगना, नकल करना…
snyde, snyder, uærligt trick…
menipu, penipu, tak jujur…
betrügen, der Betrüger / die Betrügerin, der Betrug…
ٹھگنا, دھوکہ دینا, دغا کرنا…
обманювати, обдурювати, обманщик…
жульничать, пользоваться шпаргалками, мошенник…
మోసం చేయడం, అక్రమమైన పని చేయడం, పరీక్షల్లో కాపీ/నకలు కొట్టడం…
কাউকে ঠকানো, প্রতারণা করা, অসততা করা…
podvádět, podvodník, podvod…
menipu, penipu, penipuan…
ทุจริต, คนโกง, การหลอกลวง…
lừa đảo, kẻ lừa đảo, trò lừa đảo…
oszukiwać, ściągać, oszust/ka…
imbrogliare, ingannare, truffare…
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